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obama's helt care law could be on life support. after a grueling day in the court, listening to the justices fire away at the lawyers, many suspect the supreme court is about to pull the plug. we don't know for sure what the court is going it do. but we do know the entire nation is awaiting that decision. no matter which way it goes, this is big, really big. donald trump is here. what does he think about obamacare? >> it's really a disaster for the country, a tremendous cost effect. horrible for business. it's disgusting. very catastrophic for the country. >> greta: you know, donald, that's not all. you will hear more from donald trump, including whether trump wants to be the vice-president. he surprised us with that one. rush limbaugh is not beating around the bush. he is calling the health care controversy an utter mess. >> if they throw the mandate out and decide to keep parts of the rest of it -- how -- court is going to read the 2700 payments? and the court is going to vote?
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give me a break. that isn't going to happen. >> greta: you will hear what else rush limbaugh has to say in just a moment. but right now, a court divided and lawyers getting grilled. what is up with the individual mandate, if it dies does the entire health care law die with it? >> first impression -- i don't know another case where we have been confronted with this -- with this decision. can you? take out the heart of the act and leave everything else. >> why shouldn't we say it's a choice between a wrecking operation, which is what you are requesting, or a salvage job. and the more conservative approach would be a salvage rather than throwing out everything. >> we would be exercising the judicial power if one act was -- one provision was stricken and the other remained, to impose a risk on insurance companies that congress had never intended, by reason of this court. we would have a new regime, that
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the congress did not -- provide for, didn't consider. that, it seems to me, can be argued to be a more extreme exercise of judicial power than striking the whole. >> greta: inside the supreme court today, shan shannon bream was here. i should hold up the 2700 pages of the bill that apparently nobody's read. nobody read it before it was voted on or before the decision's made. >> reporter: it's quite a wishingout there. there were sections of the law with the justice. he acknowledged, hey, i haven't read this whole thing. but he talked about the fact that if you shoot down the mandate, how do you decide what parts of the law live? he talked about the co-equal branches of government. do i do congress's job, telling them which pieces i keep? there was a discussion in the court as well, that there were deals made for some of the vote, the justices talked about the cornhusker kickback and things tucked into the law to gets the votes along the way. several expressed the concern,
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how do we undo that? is that our job? you see the story about the activist judge. if the judges are so concerned about what happens after they make the decision, they are getting into the area of activism because their job is to determine whether or not it's constitution. not what happens after the decision. then however the cards may fall, the cards should fall. that's the problem for congress and the president. >> reporter: it was interesting because the government's argument was that there are provisions that can survive and some have to fail. they acceded that some parts would fall. the they did seem divided and some of the justices indicated, if we step in and make decisions about what survives and what doesn't, that's judicial activism. >> greta? in the first house bill, there was a severable clause so that if something fails, the rest of the statute lives. that was taken out, which i see
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as a -- as an indication that the united states congress wanted the whole bill to fail, if one clause were found unconstitutional. was that ever discussed? >> reporter: it did not come up today. i have to say, i was surprised because there are a lot of folk who is noted in the house version, there was a severability clause tdidn't make it into the final version. so somewhere along the way, lawmakers made a concerted decision that they weren't going to include that clause. >> greta: that's interesting. when the supreme court looks to see if a statute is constitutional, they haven't bothered to read it so i don't know how they will look at the plain text. that's the first job, if it's not plain, they look at legislative intent and if the intent was to remove the severability clause to enable this them to take one part out, the legislative intent is that congress never bended them to be able to do that. >> reporter: it was surprising because earlier, there was so much conversation about legislative intent, when we were talking about is this a tax or a penalty? they noted at points, it had been called a tax and it was
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scrubbed by the time it got into a law. but today, they didn't have that conversation about where the mysterious severability clause went? indeed, a mystery and a lot more. now to donald trump, he said obamacare, if it stands, is very, very bad for business and may force should to shut down. why? we spoke to donald trump earlier today. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> greta: health care debate in the supreme court. there are a number of issues, one is whether or not it's constitutional and whether it's a good idea for the country, whether it's good for, and how it affects business people. so i am curious, how do you anticipate the health care act? should it be enacted in full, what would it do to you? >> it's not good for business. it's probably not good for the country. it looks like it's not doing very well from the obama side. it seems as if the lawyer had a very, very tough time in court. it will be interesting to see what happens. you can't always read that. a lot of times a justice will
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say all of these things and you think you won and you didn't win. but it sounds like the judges and actually numerous judges seem to be opposed to it. >> greta: as a practical matter, though, with all the uncertainty wlrks it's constitutional or not and the rolled out implementation of it, does it create uncertainty in business so business people are trying to figure out what to do, wasting time or not making investment decisions or whatever, waiting to see how it develops. >> nobody upon -- nobody know what is to do, what is happening with the country, nobody knows what the replacement will be. but they figure any replacement is better. it's a disaster for the country and it leaves great uncertainty. but it was uncertain, even if approved because nobody can understand it. it's this happeneds of pages of gashle. nobody know what is they are supposed to be doing. it's truly a bad law that hopefully the judges, some of
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whom i know and are very smart people, they are going to have the sense to say, let's start all over again because it's no good. >> greta: do you have a sense of the cost effect on business? >> tremendous cost effect. not only the uncertainty and the uncertainty is a very big thing. but a tremendous cost eye have a friend with a business, he's been in a medium-sized businessman for a long time. he thinks he is going to be closing up his business because of obamacare. he says he will have to close up his business. he can't afford that. you have a lot of people saying that. another person i know who runs a major company is saying the cost of that company will be astronomical. he doesn't know what he will do. what does that mean? that means we don't compete against china and other country who is don't have this. i think it will be catastrophic for the country. already, billions and billions of dollars have been spent. and it would be a tremendous shock to obam ai think, and a tremendous negative, because he
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devoted almost his entire presidency, if you think about tto obamacare. but obamacare is very, very bad for the country and very, very bad for business. there is no question about it. >> greta: well, the numbers we hear are 30, 40 million without helt insurance, if they need health care, they go to the hospital, somebody 56 up the freight. in some ways tseems like the health care law is a cost shift. trying to create more responsibility to people and shift the cost. it is not like it would be free without it. there is still a cost to the system, without the health care. >> well, that's true. frankly,im a person that believes in taking care of people. people have to be taken care of. i wonder, what do they do? they get sick, they have a problem, what do they do? there are methods. if they would allow free enterprise. if i want health care for my company, i can't go outside of new york state. that's done so that people within new york have a monopoly. this is federal. you can't go, you can't cross state lines.
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if you open this up to all states and all places, to maybe all countries, they have to have tremendous net worth and values. but if you opened it up, you would have -- you would be able to make -- get better health care at a much reduced price. i want to take care of my people. we do take care of my people. but the obama situation is going to be horrible for business and it won't be great health care. if they would open it up so that many, many companies, really good companies -- have you to qualify and have certain net worth and all of that because you don't want newel formed companies with 2 cents in the bank. but if they open it up so you could go beyond new york state. but if you are new york state, i can't buy health insurance for from somebody outside of the state. >> greta: i hear that from so many business people. i mean, the insurance industry has a monopoly on this. it's been -- i don't see any sort of effort to dislodge that,
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historically. >> they have hired every single lobbyist in washington and beyod and they have a lock and dysit's disgusting. if you opened it up for 50 companies to compete, numbers would come down and care would go up and you wouldn't need government involvement. just that one thing would be fantastic. >> greta: you think the reason is because of the power of the lobby. >> absolutely. everything's about the lobbyists. >> greta: washington for sale? >> well, it is, to a large extent. but in this case, it's terrible. it's basic. i mention that to people, like you are saying, viheard that from others. if you opened it up -- and even to other countries, if england has a great, great powerful, wealthy, you know, wonderful insurance company that wants to bid in new york, let them bid. you open it up to the world. let china bid, as far as i'm concerned. but you open it up so that people can go out eye would like to get 20 bids. i can't get 20 bids.
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you get no bids. it's really terrible. it's because of the lobbyists and the insurance companies. by the way, you wouldn't need obamacare, you wouldn't need -- i am hearing that obamacare might cost a trillion dollars more and i heard a tril none-eight, than what we are paying right now. that's catastrophic for the country. the country can't afford it. the judges, the supreme court would do a tremendous service to the survival of the united states if they reject obamacare. it cannot afford this. it's not good care. i believe in good care. number 1, it is not good care. number 2, it is not affordable. >> greta: what would you do with the 30, 40 million people who are uninsured if we take away the national health care? >> things can be done and they can be done much better than kircare. but money would be saved so much if you would do what i said, that things could be done to take care of other people. i am all for that. i mean, you know, i often say, i
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see people and they have no care, no medical care whatsoever. you -- what do they do? but they're not going to be taken care of very well under this obamacare system. and things could be done because we would save so much money if we let people bid, let all of these companies bid. i would love, as an example, i have a wonderful company with a nice plan. i would love to go to 20 companies. i'll tell you what, over a short period of time, my jb numbers would go way, way down and the country's numbers would be reduced to peanuts by comparison of what we are talking about. i am hearing it's going to cost a trillion dollars more and a trillion-eight more. we can't afford it. and it's lousy care. >> greta: can i bring this down to the common denominators. you think it's a good idea to take care of people, but the way it's being executed is a dumb idea. >> it would ruin the country.
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it's ruinous. it will destroy the country. the count re's in deep trouble. we owe $16 trillion? every time i come and see you i. it's up a trillion. you don't have to look. you know it's gone up to 16. it will be 21 pretty soon. it will be catastrophic if that gets approved by the supreme court. catastrophic and the health care will not be good. >> greta: if this is held unconstitutional by then of june, we expect the decision by the supreme court by the end of june, what impact do you see on the election of president obama or the republican nominee, whoever that might be? >> i think it would be a huge positive for the country. i think that a lot of people in a lot of companies that are like my friend, going to close up his shop, he will end up closing. a lot of companies will stay in business. they won't be subject to closure. i think for obam aobviously, i don't think it would be good. i have heard both sides of it. some people are trying to spin
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that they are trying to say, maybe it wouldn't be so bad if they lost. no, i think it would be catastrophic. he spent a year and-a-half of his political, presidency, doing nothing but focusing on this. if you consider tit's really his hole because he's been focusing on this sips he got in office. i think it would be catastrophic for obama, but it would be more catastrophic for the country? if though, under your theory, if it would improve the economy if there is no national health care, that might help him, if the numbers of trending up in the economy? >> if it lose, i think the economy will start to get better more rapidly and that would be actually very good, greta. that would be very good for obama. so maybe he should just say, let it be lost. the justice it is, if you listen to what they were saying yesterday were really bringing out the salient points. if they go that way, which doesn't always happen, it will
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be a great thing for the country. you know what? if it's a great thing for the country and things get better and the uncertainty is gone and lots of other things happen and the economy gets better, that's great for obam a. in one sense, obama would benefit. >> greta: one of the things that i hear from wealthy people in the democratic party, you have a lot of fren who is are wealthy people, they do not like that they have been insult bide the administration, about paying their fair share, as though they are cheats. i am questioning whether you know wealthy democrats fthey have soured on the president, or if they are embracing him as much as '08? >> i think many people have soured, not just wealthy people. look at the poll numbers and his popularity, which is down. many people have soured on the president. i have many friends that are wealthy -- not only democrats -- i have a lot of people who were wealthy and voted for him, they believe in change.
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look what we got with change. not much. in fact, it was negative. the word change was beautiful four years ago. it sounded so great. change. but it wasn't change that was good. i have many, many frens that are democrats that are wealthy that can't even -- they can't even hear the name obama without getting angry. so they feel very, very let down and disappointed. >> greta: straight ahead, donald trump will be back. he says that president obama and energy secretary stephen chu are making comments that the g.o.p. should cash in on. which comments? donald trump will tell you himself. and virginia attorney general jim ciewch ciewch cuccinelli said it was like being in a brain candy s
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>> is president obama's health care law, hanging by a thread? an impassioned plea by the president's lawyer, insisting that expanding insurance coverage to all americans will have more than an economic impact? >> it is an important connection, profound connection
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between that problem and liberty. and i do think it's important that we not lose sight of that, that in this population of medicaid-eligible, not people who will receive health care, that they cannot now afford under -- under this medicaid expansion, there will be millions of people with chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease and as a result of the health care that they will get, they will be unshackled from the disabilities that those diseases put on them and have the opportunity to enjoy the blessings of liberty. >> greta: virge attorney general , cuccinelli is one of the first to challenge the health care law. nice to see you. >> good to be with you. >> greta: let's start with the truth. this bill is incomprehensible, right. it is impossible to read? >> look, you know, the way i explain tyou read a book, chapter 1 is written by the same person who wrote chapter 2.
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not true for this bill. five people wrote chapter 1 and 10 wrote chapter 2. this is a lawyers full employment act? i don't want to get bogged down in the weeds, but on the first page, general definitions and it defines acceptable coverage and says the term has the meaning given och term in 202d-2 and have you to find that and it's about 100 pages later. it's -- that's what the supreme court is trying to decide is constitutional, something that is -- >> justice scalia thought making them go through it all was an eighth amendment violation. >> greta: the justices themselves haven't read it. >> i think that's fairly clear. but inert did the people who voted on it. the justices are focusing on narrow aspects of t. part of the discussion today in severability was, do we need to go through every single part of this bill? you know with the implication of a question that like that
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being -- fiare going on make me go through this bill, i'm going to be a very unhappy justice. justice scalia carried that off better than anybody. >> greta: there is a long discussion about the impact fthey strike doub the mandate and -- do they have to let some of it stand or not stand? frankly, i was having the conversation with shannon bream. what they teach nulaw school, when you are determining the constitutionality, you read -- >> start with the text. >> greta: strict text of the statute -- first of all, they haven't read it. if it's not clear, guto the legislative intent -- the legislative history to determine the intent. >> right? >> the legislative history, if you go to the house of representatives, they had in their specificky, a severability clause and let the rest of the statute stand. however, they deliberately removed that severability clause, that's what they voted on. so the senate and the house, apparently, never wanted to have
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this severable. >> i take at this time same way you do. you know, that's a conscious act t. wasn't never in there, an omission, it was removed when harry reid, the week before christmas in '09 ---- was that argued today? >> it was in the briefs. it was not argued today. of course, they had 150 briefs in front of them, which would make this pile look small. >> greta: what's the status of your case? it's in a different track. >> the case with 26 states florida 11th circuit. we are in the supreme court on hold. the fourth circuit threw our case out on standing, which is astounding, frankly, because they said a state in this case, virginia, didn't have the authority to defend its own law, a law that was in place before the president signed the federal health care bill that said no virginian can be forced to buy health insurance against their
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will, passed on a bipartisan basis. the fowrkt circuit that's not a basis to defend the state against the federal government's prerogative. that's never happened? i am not sure you can make that argument. i know it was thrown out on standing. but to me, this does affect your state i. absolutely. >> greta: it is not like -- standing means that have you a legitimate interest in it. >> right. >> greta: to say you don't have standing means you don't have -- it's none of your business. >> i will remember this quote to the day i day, they said, if we let virginia go forward in this state, this state would be acting as a constitutional watch dog -- their phrase, over the federal government. guess what? that's part of what we are pose supposed to do. read the federalist 45-51. that's the federalism design that is one of the things that says, if this mandate is
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constitutional, federalism is dead. >> greta: when do you anticipate that yours will be calendared for argument? >> what is likely to happen, if the mandate's found unconstitutional, i think the supreme court would apply the ruling to our case. that's what i am hoping because it would be an implicit overruling. outliar. >> greta: it would be unnecessary to read your case. >> let's be clear, the state standing issue is an important constitutional question? >> i understand that. >> that would be left. we took a rightful shot at the individual mandate in virginia. >> greta: nice tow tosee you. >> always a pleasure. looking forward to the end of june? we'll see what the decision is. >> yes. >> greta: donald trump took a pass at running for president. but does he want to become vice-president to a president mitt romney? hear from donald trump, that's next. and $1.6 billion customer money disappeared. and now, get this, the executives might get bonuses. how is that possible?
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>> greta: does donald trump want to be vice-president of the united states? he talks about that, the election's skyrocking gas prices. here again is donald trump. any thoughts on where those are headed? >> well, i think that's the big determinant of the election. i believe that mitt romney, who is a very good man, will get the nomination. i believe that gasoline prices will have a huge impact.
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if they don't start coming down, i don't think it's possible for obama to win the election, personally. i think it will be a bigger victory that most people think. the polls are very early and it's showing fairly even. but i will tell you that if gasoline goes up to $5 a gallon, which it could, could go up to $6 a gallon, have you opec laughing at how stupid this country is, how stupid we are. the sad part is that they think that all of us -- we have our leaders that are so stupid. then you hear the head of energy say i want $7 and $8 fuel -- i am saying, where is this man coming from? i think that statement is one of the -- two sound bites i would use if i were running for president. number 1, the secretary of energy's sound bite about $7 and $8 fuel. the other would be obama saying very strongly that the president has absolutely no power over the price of gasoline or the price of oil.
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which is totally false, by the way. he has tremendous power over it. tremendous power, including doing a number on opec, like they wouldn't even be there if it weren't for us. the president has tremendous power over the price of energy. but over the price of oil and gasoline. but his sound bite that he has absolutely nothing to do and no power over the price of gasoline -- is a disaster for him. when he made that statement, i said, boy, they have to copy that one. and the other one is the secretary of energy, totally descrafterous. >> greta: looking at the administration, how do you think the vice-president has done? biden? although, being a vice-president is not a job that is very visible. secretary of state, hillary clinton? >> i think biden has been a very loyal person to be honest with you. i think he has been a good vice-president for the agenda that they set and he has been a very, very loyal person. hillary clinton is a terrific woman. i am biased because i have known
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her for years. i live in new york. she lives in new york. i really like her and her husband both a lot. i think she really works hard. again, she's given an agenda, it is not all ofure her, but i think she really works hard and does a good job. i like her. >> greta: she says she's out at the end of the term, do you think she will run for office? >> assuming she is healthy, i think she runs after the next four years, i would imagine. >> greta: you support her? >> i don't want to get into this because i will get myself into trouble-- that's why i asked you. >> i just like her. i like her husband. her husband made a speech on monday and was very well received. he is -- he is a really good guy. he's a really good person and woman. >> greta: how does your nominee, governor mitt romney, get around the massachusetts health care in a general election, if he is named the nominee isn't obama administration says he's the god
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father -- >> they make a big point of saying that. but it is different. he has explained that so many times. >> greta: but is it an explanation, that you think will be persuasive? >> it's a different area of the country. it's a different income group. it's a different state. there are lots of reasons and there are differences and he has really explained t. i don't think it's having much of an impact. i'll be honest. he has been using -- he has been talking about this for -- a year. he could have disclaimed it and said, i made a mistake. he chose not to do that. i think that was very smart. instead, he said, why he did it there in that little section, why he did it and why it's different and how it's different from obama. and obamacare. i think that he explained it very well. he's leading by a substantial margin, so it hasn't had the effect a lot of people hoped it would. >> greta: you made a lot of robo-calls and the romney
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campaign credits you with an impact there. i am curious what your strategic thoughts are if mitt romney is the nominee. who should he look forward to as a vice-president. who would be effective to help him win? >> chris christie is a terrific guy. i think senator rubio would be very good. florida is very important, a total swing state. i think you could win florida anyway because they are not happy with obammasm but i think that senator rubio would be very good. i hear a lot about portman, who i don't know. i hear he's very, very talented. but i don't know him -- at all. and, of course number-whon choice, donald trump, but i am only kidding? would you take it? >> no, i don't think so. i think he can do much better. >> greta: seriously, would you trach it? >> no, i don't think so. but i think that -- people like me -- you know, people like me because i say it like it is. it is not -- it is not me.
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i say, china's ripping us off. nobody else says it. romney's been saying it. i say, opem is laughing at us. fuel is $5, $6, in chicago, i am driving to the airport and look at the gas stations where it is close to $5 in chicago. close to $5, which is the highest place in the nation. but i am looking at the numbers and it almost looks surreal. i do say it like it is. i tell people, i made a lot of predictions. we go into these countries, we fight aa war, we spend trillions of dollars, our soldiers are killed and hurt so badly and we leave. what do we get? we get nothing. in iraq, why don't keywe keep the oil. with qaddafi, keep the oil. we are going in there, they asked for our help. the rebels, they don't even talk to us. we spend billions on the rebels, getting rid of qaddafi. we could have said to the rebels, listen, we will help
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you, we want 50% of your oil. you know what they would have done? where do we sign? people hear this and they like me. what can i say. >> greta: i know people like you i. you like me. >> greta: but i tell you who a lot of people really like -- your daughter. >> that's true me too. >> greta: what i didn't know coming in here, i said, what are the cameras for, thinking we had competition for an interview, she has a new clothing line. readywear tonight, coming out tonight. >> that's right. lord & taylor and macy's. she's doing great. she's a fabulous person. she is very philanthropic. she gives so much of my money away and her money away. she's a great person. she's a nice person. >> greta: is it fun to watch? i mean, i actually met her five or six years ago when she was in her early 20s, but she's involved in your business in the development side. but she's also branched off to
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do her own thing. >> she is, it's a sideline. but it does very well. people respect her and they got to know her through the apprentice and they really respect her. she has a great design sense. >> greta: last night on jay leno, he was asked, governor mitt romney for one-word description of names he threw out. one name was donald trump. and he said, huge. >> well, i think that's -- i hope that's not a comment as to my weight? i am pretty sure it wasn't. what's your thought? >> i think he meant it in a positive way. i'm a way. i think he's a terrific man. i don't think he's quite understood, to be honest. i think that people don't understand how good he is. he's an excellent guy. he's solid as a rock. that's what this country needs. he has great business insight. and i really don't think they get the true picture of mitt romney. i think his wife is a fabulous woman. >> greta: keeping senator
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santorum and gingrich in it make him a better candidate? or is it over? >> it's time to say, let's unite and that somebody has to be mitt romney. it's time. >> greta: donald, nice to see you, thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: if you want to see more of our interview, there is more, go to gretawire. you can watch the entire interview there. coming up, this will set your hair on fire. $1.6 billion in customer money disappears from m.f. global and the bankrupt company, run by former senator jon corzine. there are a lot of questions about how that moan vanished. and it just got worse. a possible plan to give bonus bonuses to m.f. global executives. rur rush outraged. what did the supreme court justice say to set rush off? hear from the justice and rush, hear from the justice and rush, 2 minutes away. this at&t 4g network is fast. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two,
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>> the supreme court decides if the health care law's constitutional or not. >> what happened to the eighth amendment? you really want us to go through these 2700 pages? [laughter] >> and do you really expect a court to do that?! or do you expect us to -- to give this function to our law clerks? it -- is it not totally unrealistic? >> greta: rush is outraged. >> justice of the u.s. supreme court said to the government lawyer, you want us to go through 2700 pages. do you realize -- what do you think the number of members of of the house of representatives have read that bill is? we know that it was ran through so fast that nobody -- well, not -- that -- very few people who voted for that bill -- had
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>> from america's news headquarters, a surveillance video shedding new light on the events following the shooting event of trayvon martin. a lawyer for the admitted shooter claims his client was injured and acted in self-defense. but a representative for martin's family says the video smoaing zimmerman being brought in for questioning does not show him with blood or a broken nose. he has not been charge, causing outrage. >> the military in afghanistan. the top commander there, ordering the changes following a recent outburst of attacks by afghan troops. a senior military official saying new measures include assigning troops to guard each other while they are sleeping and allowing americans to carry weapons in some ministries. now back to "on the record." >> greta: 1.6 billion in
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customer funds is missing from m.f. global. did someone steal it? how come it can't be found? members of congress grilling key executives, but did they get anywhere? david, so what happened today? >> short answer is not much. the mystery's remained unsolved. the star witness at the congressional hearing, assistant treasurer edith o'brien took the fifth and the other executives had so little to say that one member of congress said that -- o'brien's silence was more informative than their answers. >> greta: how do you lose $1.6 billion? and you know, the thing that strikes me as id there about the sort of possibility of misuse of client funds and i thought -- isn't that a pretty way to say stealing? >> you know, what was most striking about today's hearing, a financial firm, a big, modern financial firm, that was supposed to be operating under the strictest of controls and
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under regulatory supervision could spin so far out of control in the frantic final days of this firm... the executives didn't know where the money was. they couldn't keep track of it from one moment to the next, they didn't know whether they had a shortfall in customer accounts or whether the money was miscounted. one of the executives said they she held off for a day or two in alerting regulators to the could losetfallll because she $1.6 billion and now, louis freeh, the -- who is in charge of trying to figure out the bankruptcy, the trustee, that he is thinking about bonussing for these very people who are in charge of this money that can't be found. >> well, there were reports weeks ago that freeh was considering paying bonuses to executive who is helped to reside over the collapse of m.f. global. and the u.s. senate weighed in last night.
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it passed a resolution, urging him not to do that. the senate said that -- these executives should be held accountable and not rewarded. and that freeh should hold off until all customers are repaid and until the investigations are concluded tow todetermine who is responsible. that's one of the topics on which we got some clear answers today. henry steamcamp, the chief financial officer of the firm was asked about it. he was asked if he would accept a bonus, he said if the trustee determined that it was fair and reasonable. >> greta: this is almost dilutional. if you are in middle america, listening to this -- the fact that $1.6 billion has disappeared and the very people whose job it was, who had a responsibility to it, are now possibly getting a bonus from the former director of the fbi, this is the full employment act of the lawyers, the lawyers are getting a ton of money handling the bankruptcy. the one who is are making out are the lawyers, handling the
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bankruptcy now. >> freeh has told the senate issue he hasn't made any decisions, nor has he ruled out the possibility of paying the bonuses? >> david, thank you. hope you will come back. i don't think this is going away. i want to know where the $1.6 billion is. >> thank you. >> greta: straight ahead, should new york knicks star ge-- jeremy lynn expect a call from president obama? and find out why. the naked truth about some u.s. senators. one former senator tells it all. and justin bieber might be popular with the tweeness, but he has a grand it's time to get going. to have the energy to turn a "to do" list into a memory. to put more giddy-up in our get-along. to keep stepping up even in overtime. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's... ... and mix a little more hop in our hip hop.
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>> greta: 11:00 is almost here, flash studio lights, it's time for last call. jay leno asked governor mitt romney a serious question but how serious is the kind of answer? >> what are you looking for? >> i haven't put a list together at this stage. i'll tell you what. i can do you a favor, i'll choose david letterman. >> hang on, hang on. >> that is your last call. lights are blinking and we're closing down shop. we'll see you again tomorrow nit. make sure you go to greta wire.com there is an open thread just for you. greta wire.com. good night from washington, d.c.. we'll see you tomorrow night. that's tonight on fbn